Holder for talking-machine records.



L. P. DOUGLASS.

HOLDER FOB. TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNBF),1909.

Patented July 16,1912,

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WITNESSES I BY I Q L I". DGUGLASS. I HOLDER FOR TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

AFPLXCAIION FILED JUNE 5 1502'. 1,032,385, Patented July 1.6, 1912.

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INVENTOR 0W ATTORNEY I). f- .UUUU'hBfiDi HOLDER FOB TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

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AYPL IGATIOH FILED JUNE 5, 1909.

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I UNITED, srarngratrnnir OFFICE.

LEON r. Do GLAssor SAN RAFAEL, oALiromviAfAssIeNoR TO vrcron' TALKING a MACHINE COMPANY,'A conronarron or NEW'JERSEY.

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* uspecification of Letters Patent.

To dllrwhom may-concerne Beitknown that I, LEON F. DoUoLAs's, a

citizen of the United States, and 'a resident of.San Rafael, county ofMarin, and State of California, have invented certain new" and useful Improvementsm Holders. for

Talking-Machine Records, of which the following is a specifications The objectsof this invention are to "provide a simple, strong and durableholder of. artistic-des gn for recordsfortalking ma-- I chines, particularly those 'recordLs -ofthe ,di'sk type, which injuryan'd that will hold the records so that I they-maybeconveniently removed or rewhich may be constructed to completely in closethe records and to provide other im-- venient -indexcard; t-oprovide a holder provements as will appear hereinafter.

' In-the accompanying drawings forming thea" part of thisspecificat-ion in which same reference'characters are usedthrough= out the various views to designate-the same embodiment parts, Figure 1 is a side-elevational view I Fig. 2a longitudinalsectional View and Fig.

3a transverse sectional viewof one, former of my invention; Figs l, 5

- and 6 are similar side 'elevational, longitudiinal sect1onal and transverse sectional views I of a modified form o-my.-device ,-an'd Fig. .7 isa perspective 'VlQW Qf affurther modificav Referringifirsttothe feral 6f device are 1,12 and 3 the holder for rec- Q'sitely arrangede'nd walls or ing two opp or members 1 j u pwardly,

"onmembersare connected together a ably arranged at v "number of substantially horizontal nieniljle rs v 5 land 5, all of which preferably extend 1n Parallel direction of which 4 form upwardly divergingside Walls and forms a bottom Wall. The sidewalls are prefersuch an angle to each other that? when the. talking machine record 6 is placed thereinfi'and supported at its edge holder will beeasy-to ma .inipulate,-"that will protect the records from 15..

injuring the same as, plainly tion I longitudinally '1, 2 and 3 I have the said walls 4 and 5 prevent the record from touchlng the bottom wall 5, the record being supported by'an edge engaging. with the diverglngside walls and at. The

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bottom wall '5 maybe'provided with a slot 7 extending substantially the full length of the bottom wall-longitudinally of the holder,

and the bottom edges of 'the wall adjacent theslot-will form shoulders 8 for the purpose which will appear below. To permit the use' of the holder with a fewer n u 1n berofrecords-than that which would be required to completely fill the holder, 1 provide a movable endwall or keeper, or follower 9 which I have shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as comprising adis'khaving .a substantially regular pro ect1on 1O terminating in ya-head 11 forming one or more shoulders 12 tog'cooper'ate with the shoulders S of the bottom. wall or member 5. The disk of the movable e d'wall or "keeper 9 is preferably of substan ially the-same diameter as the diameter of the disk records-to be'stored in disk and the projection 10 and the head 11 are such that when the edges of the disk of the movable end wall or keeper 9 are arranged transverse to the holder with its peripheral edge resting on the side walls 3 and said holder and the proportions ,of the said short- -distance from the shoulder 8 to the bottom, wall 5. \Vhen, hOlVQVQI thB said 'disk 18 rocked or turned or inclined at a suitable angle from its perpendicular position the said shoulders 12 and 8 will engage and bytheir friction will oppose the force applied to move the keeper longitudinal to the holder.

It will be plain that the more force there be applied tending to turn the keeper or movable end wall 9, the greater will be; the clamping action bet-ween the shoulders 12 and.8.' If, however, it is de-' siredto move the keeper to a difierent posiis merely necessary to bring it towarda perpendicular position and then to bodily slide.

of the record holder, it

5 hinged at to the side wall 3. t. The movableend wall or keeper 9 maybe provided with an-in'dex card or tablet 1'6 with suitable numbered spaces for the insert-ion of alist ofrecords in the holder, the

v records being preferably arranged to correspond to the numerals ontheindex. I also prefer to provide the holder with amarker 7 whichi's shown in Figs.v 2 and .3 to consist of a card 17 provided with'or .without printed 5 instructions for its use thereof, which card 17 may be provided with a cord 18 of sufficient length to permit-its being passed between any two records when the holder is filled with records: One end of the cord 18 20 should be attached to the casing or cover, 7 as to an eyelet 19 in thecove'r 14. The movable end wall or keeper .9 should be so made that when it is in its clamped position it will be substantially parallel the permanent V rods 3 4,constitute the side wallsof the 90 fixed end walll.

' By this construction any number of the disk'records '6 within the capacity of the' holder may be supported upon the two side Walls 3 and 4 of the holder between one '30 permanentfixed end' wall 1' and a-movable end wall or keeper 9 and may be held compactly together inclined parallel to the inclined'surface of afixed'end 1 by inclining the keeper parallel thereto, 'or the keeper 3 5 may be inclined in the opposite direction as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings and the records may be held in any convenient posi- 7 tion between the keeper 'and the end 'of the V holder. When the keeper'is in the inclined 40 position shown in Fig. 2 it is clamped and practically held in place by the engagement ofthe shoulders 8 and 12 above described, and the weight of the records. resting against the keeper acts to firmly hold the keeper in position. The keeper may be readily unclamped however for moving it in either directionlongitudinally of the holder by swinging it toward a vertical position- When it is desired'to fill the entire space be? 0 tween the permanent and rigid end walls 1' of the frame with records, the partition or keeper may be removed, but I when only a l portion of the rack is filled with records the keeper will serve a needful function in holding the records in proper. position. (The cord 18 attached, to the-marker 17 serve's to enable one to put a record which -:has been removed from the holder back into itspropen place with facility. JVhen' a recordis removed from the framethe marker may be mowed into the space left vacant. by the withdrawal of the record to indicatedthe proper position fofthe'return of the @cord to facilitate the keeping of the records-in 55 orderly arrangement. When-the marker is thus in operative posit-ion the records may be swung to an angle parallel with either the fixed end wall or parallel to the movable end wall to locate a second record without losing, the place thus kept by'the marker 17. In Figs. 4, 5 and 6-1 have shown'a slight modification of :the '.st-ruct-ure above. de

ders 12 on the head 11 I-have shown-the cover as slightly different-from thatshown in Fig. 1, although its purpose and operation are like that of the modification first described, 7

In 7 I have showiita still further 5 modification of my, invention in which the end walls 1 may be ma-de'o'f cast metal in the form of scrolls or any other artistic form, provided with-legs 2 and in which holder? A third rod 5 constitutes the bottom. wall or member, the under": half of I which 8" forms the surface or shoulder which coiiperatesj-with the shoulder 12 of the radial projection 10- of the movabl wall or. keeper 9, by means of the engaghee "ment of which shoulders. 12 and t keeper or movable wall 9 is held clamped rigidly when the movable wall or keeper 9" is 'inelined'fromthe vertical position. TheUOO;

keeper 9'. and the re cm'ds fi peripherally engage and rest upon the longitudinal rods or wall 3';4', as in the modifications above described. The rods 34'-'a'nd 5"may be secured to the end walls or plates'l' .bymgans of bolts 20, engaging suitable lugs or spots 21 -on the sides of, the end walls 1--. The movable end wallior keeper 9- may be provided withnotches 22 at the points where its periphery engages the rods 3' 4, for the 1 10;;

purpose of causing the keeper to rest firmly on said rods whenfswung intdits clamped position. Themaiker 17 as .in theprevif a ously described modifications is-proYided with a cord 18 whic h maybe secuifedto -11";

convenient part of the hplderf as ,fe'r

- stance :to the bottom :iod 5 so" '-.as '-tq slid'e1 thereon andena'ble the'marker from oneend ofthe-holder .to-t I insertit between any two-records] td -indicatlQW Irarried e zothe'r 'to that a recordbe'tween thesaid two -records" has been removed." The indexiplate-ofthe ifidex may consist of a qireular 'disk if cardboard or any 'other suitable material" and r'nay be sup porte'dfl'ooselyppon; the frees in. any 'pqnyenient oslt on, the index" tablet being providedfwi'thlnjlinbredspac s to permitfof the insertion ofig,1is-tof recor s in the holder and pthe orderl'v 'arrangement, I of the records in"the "holder- "In this 'ifo'rm'f of my devicethe records are not inclosed or Lprotectedyas in the other two forms of my '-1nvention previously described, but. manner of holding the records and the adjustability of the adjustable Wall or. keeperis substantially the same in all-the modifithe cations.

Itjwillbe observed that by reason of the constructions previously vdescribed as embodying my invention, I have provided a. vsimple, inexpensive and convenient holder for" talking machine'records in which'the, said-records are'supported upon their edges- :at two points in a manner to aiford ready access to and removal'of the s ame,.and in whicl1 the records are held closelytogether at their bottom edges so as to be always sup- I sported on their edges whether the holder be partially filled or completely filled with records, the'same affording an. expansible. i'means for. holding talking machine records, that is to say a construction which adapts 4 itself to a- .few or many records holding them always-in the same accessible manner and in all the modifications the movable Witnesses: Wall, .or keeper, or follower and the fixed endfwallccooperating therewith afi'ord a H'aving thusdescribed my invention what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1 A holder for disk talking machine recmeans for limiting the inclination of records in opposite directions.

ords, comprising plane side and end-walls converging downwardly, a folhm'er'bet-ween plane side walls, a follower readily removable and wholly supported by said side walls, and means cooperating with said Walls to support and maintain said follower at a given angle.

In witness .whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 28 day of May A. D. 1909.

'- LEON F. DOUGLASS.

\YILLIAM J. Born, JAMES B. DAvinsoN. 

